| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | July 21, 2021 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Quantity | 1,800,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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Stan Rogers was one of Canada’s greatest and most beloved singer-songwriters. Celebrate the life and music of this legendary folk artist with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic rate stamps.
The stamp features an illustration by Peter Strain. The foreground is based on a photograph by Paul Coates that was taken at the Calgary Folk Festival in the early 1980s. The background is based on a photograph by Darren Calabrese of Fogarty’s Cove, the Nova Scotia namesake of Rogers’ first album. The hand-lettered wording at the top of the stamp was inspired by the cover of Rogers’ album Between the Breaks…Live!
Stanley Allison Rogers was born on November 29, 1949, in Hamilton, Ontario. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of five and began performing in coffee houses at the age of 14. Rogers was known for his finely crafted songs and lively, engaging performances that helped popularize Celtic-style music. His rich baritone voice and 6’4” frame added to his magnetic stage presence.
Rogers spent many summers in the seaside community of Canso, Nova Scotia, where his mother grew up. This inspired and informed his love of maritime life and music. The Stan Rogers Folk Festival (aka Stanfest) was established in Canso in 1997 to honour and celebrate the man and his music. Rogers released four albums over the course of his career – the last of which included the critically acclaimed title track “Northwest Passage”, which many consider Canada’s second national anthem. Another seven albums have been released since his life was cut tragically short in an airplane fire in 1983.
Although it has been nearly 40 years since his passing, his music lives on in the hearts and minds of Canadians and continues to inspire new generations of fans and musicians from around the world.
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Stan Rogers was one of Canada’s greatest and most beloved singer-songwriters. Celebrate the life and music of this legendary folk artist with this Official First Day Cover (OFDC).
The stamp is cancelled in Rogers’ birthplace of Hamilton, Ontario. The cancellation mark is a line drawing of the guitar that was custom built for him in 1977 by renowned luthier and musician William “Grit” Laskin.
The front of the OFDC features two interesting design elements. One is an illustration of Rogers performing at the Dalhousie Arts Centre in Halifax in the early 1980s, based on a photograph that appeared on the cover of his posthumous release From Coffee House to Concert Hall. The other is the hand-lettered titles of some of Roger’s best-known songs, which appear as waves in the background of the envelope. On the back of the OFDC is a photograph of Rogers in 1979, taken by Milena Essig.
Stanley Allison Rogers was born on November 29, 1949, in Hamilton, Ontario. Rogers was known for his finely crafted songs and lively, engaging performances that helped popularize Celtic-style music. His rich baritone voice and 6’4” frame added to his magnetic stage presence.
Rogers spent many summers in the seaside community of Canso, Nova Scotia, where his mother grew up. This inspired and informed his love of maritime life and music. The Stan Rogers Folk Festival (aka Stanfest) was established in Canso in 1997 to honour and celebrate the man and his music. Rogers released four albums over the course of his career – the last of which included the critically acclaimed title track “Northwest Passage”, which many consider Canada’s second national anthem. Another seven albums have been released since his life was cut tragically short in an airplane fire in 1983.
Although it has been nearly 40 years since his passing, his music lives on in the hearts and minds of Canadians and continues to inspire new generations of fans and musicians from around the world.
When Stan Rogers took the stage, guitar in hand, his presence was electric. Standing six foot four, with a deep, rumbling voice that rose and fell like waves on a Nova Scotia shore, he poured his heart and soul into every word he sang. Poetry set to music, his ballads laid bare the lives of the sailors, ranchers, miners and others whose stories had captured his imagination.
“Stan said things about people that were true. He loved talking and listening to people because he was interested in what they did and wanted to tell their story,” says his widow, Ariel Rogers. “He had an incredible gift for taking that life experience and turning it almost like a prism, so you saw the essence of the person rather than just a reflection.”
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, on November 29, 1949, Rogers spent many summers in Nova Scotia, visiting his mother’s hometown of Canso. It was there that he found his passion in traditional Maritime music. A skilful storyteller, Rogers sang about subjects that were both deeply personal and universally relatable. He took tales from the past and made them moving and meaningful in the present – from the raucous sea shanty “Barrett’s Privateers,” on his first album Fogarty’s Cove (1976), to the emotional anthem “Northwest Passage” (1981), the title track of the last release before his death.
Rogers was only 33 – with his career on the rise – when his life was cut tragically short in an airplane fire on June 2, 1983. Likened to such greats as Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, he left a legacy of 11 albums, most released posthumously, that have kept his music vibrant and alive for nearly 40 years. “It was never about him. It was the music that mattered,” says Ariel. “He always said, ‘I don’t care if I’m a star, but I wouldn’t mind being a comet.’ And that’s exactly what he was.”